The annual Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater an LPI-JSC Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, with NASA collaboration, is a week long field class and research project based at Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona

The on-site museum features a plaque dedicated to Eugene Shoemaker who was the first to prove the Meteoric origin of Barringer Meteor Crater in 1963, and was awarded the Barringer Medal in 1984. Read the Barringer story here.

Ever wonder how many or where they all are? This database allows you to easily see the locations and size as well as pop up data on all the verified known impact sites on earth!

One of the largest and oldest known impact site on earth is located in what is now South Africa, and due to the extreme deformation conditions, dramatic evidence of the “rebound dome” is still clearly visible by satellite.

The 4th largest known impact crater on earth is found in Siberia, called the Popigai Crater- where the diamonds which formed 36 million years ago upon impact have been mined for industrial use.

Tenoumer Crater in the Mauritanian Saharan Desert is younger, slightly larger, and is compared to Barringer Meteorite Crater

NASA has announced the 2009 WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) Space Telescope has a new mission and a new name: NEOWISE (Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)!

What a hit- Australia was hit by a comet originating from the Kuiper belt, and the world felt earthquakes caused by the impact 142.5 million years ago.

Even after Global Plate Tectonics and 400Million years, this lake stands out starkly from the surrounding tundra in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Its summer and the sun is shining over the dramatic Barringer Meteorite Crater: come see for yourself!

Visitor information HERE

1.4M years old, yet never disturbed by glaciers nor rivers, this is the perfect study of climate, biology and meteoritics in one place!

Last week Norway’s night was briefly and brightly illuminated by a streaking Meteor, which may have landed near Oslo- but has not to this date been found. BBC’s link here shows Norwegian Meteor Network’s video of the fireball!

It is fascinating to discover so many magnificent views of craters caused by meteorites! Here’s a beautiful example of a crater, located in India, roughly the same age as Barringer Meteorite Crater

This asteroid strike 36m years ago apparently heated the surface rocks to the hottest known temperature ever recorded, producing cubic zirconia minerals!

There is growing evidence supporting a theory of the early human development from hunter-gatherer to agrarian societies my have/could have been triggered by the dramatic environmental changes to the planet caused by a meteorite impact.

Not only has the visitor center and museum been remodeled, expanded and updated, but the logo is too! The Barringer Space Museum features impact science and the history of the crater

Check out NASA’s recent feature of Barringer Meteor Crater, and the expert Dr. David Kring’s descriptions about how, when and what. Why is the earth lighter surrounding the crater? Why is is almost square, not round like the others?

Celebrate Summer and longer days: and hit the road on Historic Route 66 stop in at the World’s Best Preserved Meteorite Impact Site!

Stunning images of the 5 most significant North American Meteorite Impact Craters. Barringer Meteorite Crater is listed first as one of the most recognizable and visited sites,

Not all meteors make it to earth….whole, or even in part. And we know from the history of Barringer Meteor Crater that even if they do strike earth, they may still vaporize and burn up, leaving almost nothing but fragments.